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Sunlight on new Marriott building’s sculptural facade.

Sunlight reflects from an interesting sculptural facade in downtown San Diego.

Some unique artwork has recently appeared on San Diego’s Embarcadero. An eye-catching sculptural facade is part of the new two-hotels-in-one-building project that was recently completed at the site once occupied by historic Lane Field.

Marriott’s dual Residence Inn and SpringHill Suites San Diego Downtown/Bayfront has been open for about two weeks. A couple days ago, I walked right up to the lobby entrance to snap several pics…

A unique building now stands at the location of old Lane Field, home of the minor league baseball Padres over half a century ago. It contains two new Marriott Hotels: Residence Inn and SpringHill Suites.Shining sculptural facade on parking garage levels of recently completed Marriott two-hotels-in-one building. This unique sight can be found on San Diego’s waterfront at the site of old Lane Field.Closer photo of the uniquely undulating artwork, which conceals parking garage levels.I learned these thin, curving layers are made of aluminum.Marriott’s new SpringHill Suites and Residence Inn on San Diego’s Embarcadero reflects warm light shortly before sunset.

UPDATE!

I received a comment from the artist! In it he writes:

“My name is David Franklin and I am the artist that created the rippling facade for the new building. Its called “California Rain” and is the product of the percent for art in the Port of San Diego public art program…”

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My name is David Franklin and I am the artist that created the rippling facade for the new building. Its called “California Rain” and is the product of the percent for art in the Port of Sand Diego public art program. Your photos of the project are really wonderful. I would love to have the chance to talk to you some more about them.

My name is Max Jacobs. I own California WaterJet in Santee, CA. We cut every single aluminum blade you see on the building. Clark Steel in Lakeside, CA erected the pieces. They consist of 1/4″ 5052 aluminum with a sanded finish. We used over 12,000 pounds of material. They are not painted or coated. Every individual piece is unique and required an individual part number in order to make sure they ended up in the correct position. As a native San Diegan, I am very proud to have worked on this project.

Thanks for more great info about the project! According to an email from the artist, David Franklin, the panels took about seven months to manufacture and assemble. The end result is really fantastic! I can see why you are proud! Richard